Redneck Auto Repairs

Caster and camber can be measured and adjusted with this set of tools

and toe in can be measured with any of the dozens of methods mentioned here or on redneck mechanic web sites. I have lined up quite a few pickups and vans with that set after repairing the suspension in order to get the vehicle to an alignment pro and the trucks could be safely driven. Ford twin-I beams could be aligned as well with those tools as could be done on a light beam machine.

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I knew a waitress who worked in a NY Thruway restaurant at Port Byron years ago. She had a 70s Dodge Dart. Her wipers had quit and she needed to get to work.

Her boyfriend took a rope ,tied it around both wiper arms, and passed it through both vent windows. She was doing OK going down the Thruway with one hand on the wheel and the other on the rope until it started raining harder and she let go of the wheel to use both hands on the rope

She wound up out in the field and was quite mad at the Trooper who gave her the ticket. She thought he should have given it to her boyfriend.

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Chain wrench on the cheap using a socket wrench

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Those are not repairs, those are upgrades.

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I once weaseled the fuel filter off my R model Mack in a thruway service plaza with my belt and took it inside the plaza to thaw so I could pour the water out. They stocked Cummings and Cat filters but not Mack.

The best are on the Red Green show which is still aired on some networks. Red Green could fix almost anything with Duct Tape.

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Red Green was first mentioned n this thread in 2014. I still liked your post because Red Green is worth it. Maybe I’ll go put a flannel shirt on…

In the 1980s I changed the plugs on my Chevy Corsica. It had a transverse 6 crammed under the hood. I could get 5 of the plugs out, but the last one was stuck. It was on the back side, of course, and closest to the driver. I ended up with two universals on a half inch socket, and it wouldn’t budge. I got a 2-foot tube and slid that over the socket handle, but it wasn’t enough of a lever. I next tried a 5-foot tube and still no luck. I finally climbed on top of the engine, standing under the hood, and pried on that 5-foot tube with both arms. After a while, I won. I used thread lube for all the new spark plugs, but still swore I’d sell the car before it needed new plugs.

I just came across this in the wild.

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I thought I had seen some grand patch work @Whitey but that leaves my best/worst back in the honorary mention pile.

A cop should throw the owner in jail for being a danger to himself and the general public.

It must be safe. The owner uses Michelin tires.

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For all we know, those could be Schmichelin tires.

That vehicle doesn’t deserve Michelin tires :angry: